John Vorhaus
In tournament poker the question often arises, “What is a standard raise?” Conventional wisdom suggests as standard a raise of three times the big blind or, if there are antes involved, the exact sum of the antes and blinds. Rather than yield to conventional wisdom (a product of conventional minds) I would instead ask […]
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Big Book of Bluffs by Matt Lessinger, 2005, 229pp, $13.95
Poker player and writer Matt Lessinger has zeroed in on a crucial matter that all players seek to learn, develop, cultivate and use as a deadly weapon in their arsenal of hold’em poker tricks. The subject is bluffingand Lessinger’s work is appropriately titled The Book of […]
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Charlie Shoten
How many of you are fans of the Twilight Zone Show? For those who are not familiar with the old TV Twilight Zone from back in the 60’s, it was mostly half hour science fiction TV plays. It is still shown frequently on TV today because it carries deep universal messages that touches very […]
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Diane McHaffie
“Do you know what a ‘double belly buster straight’ is?” Mike asked me out of the blue.
“No,” I replied, knowing it would have something to do with straights, but not sure how. To me, belly buster generally has something to do with a really good joke that makes peoplelaugh. I suppose a double belly […]
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